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Great Slaughters And Sacrilege: Josephus & the Course of Empire

The Good Ol Boyz Podcast

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Caesar's Commentaries on the Civil War

"It's tough Caesar's commentaries are written from the perspective of a man who is thrusting himself out on the world," he says. "Josephus' accounts are like, here are all the terrible things that have happened to my people ... I bet if Plutarch had a baby, I don't think he does." He adds: "You get the sense real quick that it's the Civil War aspect of it with the different groups within Israel... Seems much more violent than..."

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